Metro

Grim new WTC sift

Nearly 8½ years after 9/11, city officials yesterday said anthropologists would soon start sifting through new Ground Zero debris in hope of uncovering more human remains.

Deputy Mayor Edward Skyler said 844 cubic yards of debris have been recovered since the last sifting, in 2007. The new round is to begin in April and last three months.

The debris was uncovered as excavation made parts of the site newly accessible. The sifting will take place at the closed Fresh Kills landfill. So far, 1,772 possible human remains have been pulled from nearly 15,000 cubic yards of debris.